AJAASSPIB representatives in Honduras oversee reforestation efforts as part of the award-winning Communities Organizing for Watersheds project

EcoLogic and our local partner, the Association of Water Committees of Pico Bonito National Park’s Southern Sector (AJAASSPIB), have been collaborating on reforestation and water conservation efforts in the Pico Bonito region of Honduras for more than 10 years. EcoLogic and AJAASSPIB work to improve and protect water and other natural resources in an area that has long suffered from inadequate water supply and environmental degradation from unsustainable agricultural practices.

“I felt like we were working alone, but now we have global organizations behind us,” Carlos Duarte Euraque, EcoLogic’s Program Officer for Honduras, said about the award. “This support will help us stop the degradation of our natural resources and ensure that our community has water in the future.”

Since 2004, EcoLogic and AJAASSPIB have reforested more than 300 acres of land, installed 1,200 fuel-efficient stoves in homes, and piloted a program to purify tap water in five communities.
AJAASSPIB’s success is a model for communities across Honduras and beyond.